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The main reason that tails are docked is for sanitary reasons. Mostly in the Spring time when there is a flush of new grass growth, causing the sheep to have loose stools, which then hit the tail then spreads to the entire back side. PERFECT ENVIRONMENT for flies to hay their eggs . After the...

All of the feeding recommendations will feed the rabbit, but not always at top performance. I worked at a major university Vet. Med teaching hospital where we had rabbit colonies and performed feeding and housing experiments for fastest rate of gain and best health as evidenced by necropsies...

'through the years, Southdowns have been well known for producing finest tasteing meat. The issue that you may face is the fact that the Hampshire is a large breed of sheep with wide front shoulder conformation , so well known to sire lambs with very wide front end conformation , therefore many...

For the urine pregnancy test... the urine sample is injected in young virgin female rabbits , then the rabbit is sacrificed to check the ovaries for egg production, if yes, the ewe is pregnant. Historically the Hampshire is a large meat breed sheep and has a wide front end conformation which...

We have some friends that own a farm about 50 miles from Soars. When their 5 foot diamater Euk. fell during a wind storm- it crushed and totaled their brand new car and split their house in half.

Greybeard , as for the canceled checks- you have to request your bank to send the cancelled checks to you for an IRS audit. The IRS reviews paper trail only ! NO paper trail --you do NOT get any deductions without written proof of purchase, contract,receipt of purchase or depretiation...

Good for you for keeping your paper ledger , however you will need to keep all of your paper receipts and cancelled checks for your expences if and when you are invited for an audit. Without the paper receipt trail, ledgers , quick books, etc. just will not fly.

Soar - Fat is where the flavor is in all animals meant for meat. I always fed the lambs for 60-90 days under a feed lot situaltion ( depending on the lambs condition at the start of feeding ) with alfalfa hay and a mix of rolled corn, oats, and barley with fresh water and shade available...

I stack about 100 tons of hay per year for 50 years, so what do I know. I always stack the bales onto wooden pallets and always leave about 2 inches of air space between the bales. I stack between `10-`15 bales high. I have a metal roof over my barn, so during high humidity / fog in the winter...

Well, good luck with your thaught process.

I hope that you have plenty of air circulation bettween the hay bales -- what you describe is a well known recipe for spontanious cumbustion for the hay.

To clarify a few points -- traditionally the "meat sheep" were the Southdown, Suffolk, Dorset, Hamshire and a few others. About 50 years ago the wool market crashed in the US and has not recovered.Most sheep breeders whent out of business, including me. Today it costs more to sheer the sheep...

If you do not have the placenta, you can take some feces from the accepted lamb and smear it onto the regected lamb over the tail head and the top of the hindquarter. keep the ewe tyed for a few times that the lambs nurse , then slowly untie the ewe and see what her reaction is after she smells...

Not all ewe lambs make the grade to produce more lambs better than themselves. But they taste just great when served hot on one's dinner plate.

I would point a trail camera at the 2 den holes to see what it could see as to the owner of the den. I wouldn't discount a badger just yet !